You can read the earlier stories in the stories featuring Mikayla on this link. Spiritual Allegories and Stories Three years passed as Mikayla learned every and any thing she could from The Penitents. She became not just one of the most trusted Neophytes, but trusted of anyone in the spiritual order in regards to rescue […]
This path is so simple. Why does it often feel so hard? Why does it sometimes feel like a total grind? Maybe you’ve learned to watch your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations, but yet, these old responses still happen. You feel strangely powerless over them. Are you doing this wrong? Nope. You are coming into
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This story continues in a series of stories following Mikayla’s spiritual path. You can read her previous stories here: Spiritual Allegories and Stories Mikayla stood before Arch Penitent Okoye in the yellow sash ceremony. Normally, this sash–one of five levels of sashes–was awarded after 2 to 3 years of preparation and study, not 3 months.
Sex can be beautiful, enlivening, and fun. And somehow in modern Western Society that isn’t okay. Touch is deeply connecting, rejuvenating, and grounding. Somehow touch is mostly off-limits as well. When was the last time you got a hug? I mean a REAL hug. Not a chest thump, clavicle bump, ass-out hug. I mean one
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This story follows up on A Flood of Questions as we continue to watch Mikayla’s development on her spiritual path. You can find other stories about Mikayla and her journey to be a spiritual teacher as well as other spiritual allegories on this link: Spiritual Allegories and Stories Mikayla swiftly settled into the routines and
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